Our newly arrived Red-Rumped Swallows start the task of nest building, feeding as the go. Black-eared Wheatears have been arriving with the lovely male photographed on the 15th. With a backdrop of the Grazalema mountain range Greater Flamingoes create a pink hue across the landscape as they move into feed at Venta La Palma on […]
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Bonelli’s Eagle (Aquila fasciata)
The Bonelli’s Eagle (Aquila fasciata) is one of my favourite raptors and I recently had the opportunity of watching and photographing of this lovely adult male. At this time of the year in Andalucia females are incubating eggs and males play their part by bringing food to their mates as she waitspatiently for the chicks […]
Vejer’s Lesser Kestrels
It’s been a busy week for early breeding birds both in the countryside and up in the white villages that dot the Andalucian countryside and are perched on ancient defensive sites. Our Lesser Kestrels have been back for a few weeks and the brighter weather obviously helped them to get into the mood once again […]
The Canary Islands – Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura 3rd-8th February 2013 – Day 1 – Sunday 3rd Feb – An early drive to Seville started extremely well with a fabulous view of an adult male Pallid Harrier crossing the road close to Vejer de La Frontera. White Storks have already taken up their nest sites on electric posts and were warmly lit […]
Short-eared Owl at Dusk
Short-eared Owls(Asio flammeus) are wonderful birds to watch hunting across the glowing evening landscape of la Janda in Cadiz province, Spain. Andalucía has a fantastic wealth of bird species all year round and during the colder winter months in the north of Europe many birds spend months in the south-west corner of this avian paradise […]
More Movement on The Strait
Across La Janda the Common Cranes are getting restless and have been flying around in the warm air getting onto thermals that have been rising across the flat landscape. Family groups have been calling noisily as they exercise their flight muscles and prepare for the long flight home. More cranes arrived this week from Morocco, […]